COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
AIC_.1925.2415
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AIC_.1925.2415
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
1998
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1998
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Prints
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Prints
Object Type
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Creator Name:
Katsukawa, Shunsho
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Katsukawa, Shunsho
Creator Name
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Creator Nationality:
Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese
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Asian; Far East Asian; Japanese
Creator Nationality
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Creator Dates/Places:
Japanese; 1726-1792 Asia,East Asia,Japan
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Japanese; 1726-1792 Asia,East Asia,Japan
Creator Dates/Places
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Creator Name-CRT:
Katsukawa Shunsho
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Katsukawa Shunsho
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
The actor Otani Hiroji III, probably as Ukishima Daihachi in the play Shinasadame Soma no Mombi (Comparing Merits: Festival Day at Soma)
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The actor Otani Hiroji III, probably as Ukishima Daihachi in the play Shinasadame Soma no Mombi (Comparing Merits: Festival Day at Soma)
Title
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Title Type:
preferred
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preferred
Title Type
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View:
full view
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full view
View
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Creation Date:
Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the twenty-third day of the seventh month, 1770
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Performed at the Ichimura Theater from the twenty-third day of the seventh month, 1770
Creation Date
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Creation Start Date:
1770
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1770
Creation Start Date
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Creation End Date:
1770
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1770
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
Woodblock print.
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Woodblock print.
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Woodblock
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Woodblock
Classification Term
false
Creation Place:
Asia,East Asia,Japan
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Asia,East Asia,Japan
Creation Place
false
Dimensions:
Hosoban; 31.4 x 14.0 cm
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Hosoban; 31.4 x 14.0 cm
Dimensions
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AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
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The Art Institute of Chicago
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1925.2415
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1925.2415
ID Number
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Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, The Clarence Buckingham Collection
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The Art Institute of Chicago, The Clarence Buckingham Collection
Credit Line
false
Inscriptions:
SIGNATURE: Shunsho gaARTIST'S SEAL: Hayashi in jar-shaped outline
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SIGNATURE: Shunsho gaARTIST'S SEAL: Hayashi in jar-shaped outline
Inscriptions
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>
Rights
false
Context:
Hiroji III stands with legs braced wide apart, impassive in the battering storm. The fierce wind that drives the night rain slantwise against him has turned his large paper umbrella inside out. He wears the twin swords of a samurai, an over-kimono decorated with an auspicious interlocking circle pattern (shippo tsunagi), and high wooden clogs (geta). The identification of the role as Ukishima Daihachi in the play performed at the Ichimura Theater in the fall of 1770 comes from the handwritten inscriptionalong the right-hand side of this impression of the print. It is exceedingly rare for the name or role of an actor to be printed on a Katsukawa school hosoban print of about 1765-1795, and perhaps for that reason later scholars and collectors often addedhandwritten inscriptions of this kind. We do not know who made the identification here.Kabuki Nempyo's brief description of Ukishima Daihachi suggests an action-filled role involving fights for possession of a secret scroll belonging to the Tsumagoi Shrine, but mentions neither a rainstorm nor an umbrella. The only supporting evidence for the identification is a chu?ban print by Buncho, showing Hiroji III in this role (identifiable by his mon and from information in theatrical records) with the same unusually long hanks of hair behind his ears. In general, however, the form of Shunsho's signature and seal and the simple, vigorous figure style are consistent with a date of 1770.The positioning of signature and seal in the middle of the sheet suggests thatthis may well be the center sheet of a hosoban triptych. The colors of the print are strong and relatively unfaded.
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Hiroji III stands with legs braced wide apart, impassive in the battering storm. The fierce wind that drives the night rain slantwise against him has turned his large paper umbrella inside out. He wears the twin swords of a samurai, an over-kimono decorated with an auspicious interlocking circle pattern (shippo tsunagi), and high wooden clogs (geta). The identification of the role as Ukishima Daihachi in the play performed at the Ichimura Theater in the fall of 1770 comes from the handwritten inscriptionalong the right-hand side of this impression of the print. It is exceedingly rare for the name or role of an actor to be printed on a Katsukawa school hosoban print of about 1765-1795, and perhaps for that reason later scholars and collectors often addedhandwritten inscriptions of this kind. We do not know who made the identification here.Kabuki Nempyo's brief description of Ukishima Daihachi suggests an action-filled role involving fights for possession of a secret scroll belonging to the Tsumagoi Shrine, but mentions neither a rainstorm nor an umbrella. The only supporting evidence for the identification is a chu?ban print by Buncho, showing Hiroji III in this role (identifiable by his mon and from information in theatrical records) with the same unusually long hanks of hair behind his ears. In general, however, the form of Shunsho's signature and seal and the simple, vigorous figure style are consistent with a date of 1770.The positioning of signature and seal in the middle of the sheet suggests thatthis may well be the center sheet of a hosoban triptych. The colors of the print are strong and relatively unfaded.
Context
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Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E19651.TIF
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AIC_.E19651.TIF
Related Image Identifier Link
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